Veteran stand-up Kyle Kinane, who performs in San Antonio this weekend, isn’t one of those comedians who fires off one-liners like a Gatling gun, taking cheap shots at easy-target celebrities and politicians.
No, Kinane’s stock and trade is storytelling, whether it’s riffing on the weirdness of moving back to suburbia after years in LA, or the meandering conversations he endures when he calls his aging mother. He’s a master of the approach because he knows how to wring bigger and bigger laughs as his tales build to a crescendo.
“With a big fish story, the details get a little more rich, but that’s what a story is,” Kinane told the website Comedy Gazelle of his approach. “There’s no setup-punchline, but every detail has something funny to it — I hope.”
In Dirt Nap, Kinane’s latest streaming special, he shows his mastery of the craft in a lengthy discourse on just how far he’s willing to suspend his disbelief while watching a Fast & Furious movie.
Chuckles progress to belly laughs as the comic describes the increasingly outlandish plot and the phoned-in appearances by a cast of rappers, models and actors who clearly aren’t the ingenious heistmeisters they portray.
$25-$35, 7:30 p.m. and 9:45 p.m. Friday and Saturday, Jan. 31-Feb. 1, 7:30 p.m. Sunday, Feb. 2, Laugh Out Loud Comedy Club, 618 NW Loop 410, (210) 541-8805, improvtx.com.
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This article appears in Jan 22 – Feb 4, 2025.
